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New Book: 'Legitimate Robberies', Trade in Egypt’s Antiquities During Last...
.Ashraf El-Ashmawi was for more than seven years the legal consultant for Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), now the Ministry of State for Antiquities. He has a book coming out within days,...
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As WikiLeak Diversion Continues, Greece Faces Meltdown
The proposed Wikileak vigilante effort to reclaim lost antiquities for Greece and Italy must be considered a diversion compared to the meltdown facing Greece's cultural establishment. See...
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Open Access Journal: ARCHAI: Revista de Estudos sobre as Origens do...
ARCHAI: Revista de Estudos sobre as Origens do Pensamento OcidentalISSN: 1984-249X versão eletrônica ARCHAI: Revista de Estudos sobre as Origens do Pensamento Ocidental é uma publicação semestral do...
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Airship Auiction
Here we have a wonderful set of photo's of Zeppelins and views from them of various European sites. The article is based on a huge collection of Zeppelin artifacts going to a series auctions. The...
View ArticleNew e-monograph on lithics in Eastern Fennoscandia
New e-monograph on lithics in Eastern Fennoscandia: Mesolithic Interfaces: Variability in Lithic Technologies in Eastern Fennoscandia This book is available for free downloading for non-commericial...
View ArticleWhat do you do, when swindled by a “Christian company”?
An interesting ethical question reached me today, and although it has never happened to me — mostly because I don’t do much business with Christian businesses, I suspect, it raises all sorts of issues....
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The effects of ascertainment on admixture estimates
In a previous experiment, I discovered a clear signal of West Eurasian-like admixture in Sub-Saharan African populations, using a set of markers ascertained in a San individual. The marker panels of...
View ArticleThe Dog at the Mill: Courtenay
My colleague Dorothy Merritts sent me a fascinating response to last posting The Dog at the Mill. I quote here: "I checked your blog and am intrigued. In fact, I did a search on dog and mill, carving,...
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MOU and Cyprus
Christina Luke and Jane Evans have published an overview of the CPAC public hearing back in January. The inclusion of coins features prominently. Opposition was noted as follows: Three people attended...
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TreeMix analysis of North Eurasians (and an African surprise)
I have used my K12b dataset to isolate a set of 537 individuals who had less than 10% membership in the South Asian, Northwest African, Southeast Asian, South Asian, East African, Gedrosia, South...
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French couple arrested for smuggling artifacts out of Cambodia
Thai authorities have arrested a French couple at a Cambodian border checkpoint for possessing what looks to be very old statues. The couple say that they were souvenirs bought at a market, and the...
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Myanmar tourism industry wants protection for colonial sites
The opening up of Myanmar means more money and more tourists coming in, which means more development – which in turn means the once-grand colonial-era buildings may have to make way for newer ones....
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Ovid, The Poet Exiled for a Song and an Error
On this day in ancient history - March 20: Thought to have been born on this day in 43 B.C., Ovid (aka Naso 'nose') was a prolific Roman poet, best known for his Metamorphoses (a collection of stories...
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Greek Spring Myth
You probably think you know why we have spring: something to do with distance from and position of your location in connection with the sun. While this is undoubtedly "true," ...Read Full Post
View ArticlePort et navigation en Méditerranée de l'Antiquité au Moyen Âge
Ce colloque porte sur l'importance du réseau portuaire antique et médiéval en Africa et les voies de navigations entre entre celle-ci et la Méditerranée.
View Article“Data versus speculation‟: reconsidered.The olive and the vine in the Aegean...
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View Article«Η Θήβα στη Μυκηναϊκή Ανακτορική Εποχή» Μύθοι και Πραγματικότητες
March 29, 2012 - 10:04 AM - τρίτη συνάντηση του Μυκηναϊκού Σεμιναρίου Δρ. Βασίλης Αραβαντινός
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2012.03.30: Ancient Scholarship and Grammar: Archetypes, Concepts and...
Review of Stephanos Matthaios, Franco Montanari, Antonios Rengakos, Ancient Scholarship and Grammar: Archetypes, Concepts and Contexts. Trends in classics - supplementary volumes, 8. Berlin; New York:...
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2012.03.32: Griechische Heiligtümer als Erinnerungsorte: von der Archaik bis...
Review of Matthias Haake, Michael Jung, Griechische Heiligtümer als Erinnerungsorte: von der Archaik bis in den Hellenismus. Erträge einer internationalen Tagung in Münster, 20.-21. Januar 2006. Alte...
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